Single or stand-up collar ironing and curling machine



J. CHANT 1,828,923

ING MACHINE Oct. 27, 1931.

SINGLE OR STAND-UP COLLAR IRONING AND OUR Filed March 5, 1951 Patented Oct. 27, 1931 UNITED STATES JOHN CHANT, or rnLrxsmowEfi. ENGLAND SINGLE on STAND-U1 COLLAR momnenmi. UBLINQMACHINE.

Application filed March 5, 1981, Serial No. 520,421; ,and'in Great Britain February 26;1930;

This invention refers to single or standup collar edge ironing and curling machines of the kind comprising a dampening roller, a

grooved ironing roller, channel-shaped 6 guides for leadin the collar, top edge downwards, on to the ampening roller, and from the dampening roller to the ironing roller,

one of said guides being inverted and pressing the collar downwards on to the dampening and ironing rollers, and an arrangement of yieldingly contacting rollers between which the collars pass prior'to being dlscharged down a chute into a receiver.

The object of this invention is an im- 1 proved construction of said type ofmachine.

The improved machine is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 a plan, and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan (in part) :of Fig. 1 on line w-w. a is the cast-iron hollow base part of the machine with the major portion of its upper face inclined, the highest part being along the longitudinal edge a and its lowest part being along the longitudinal edge (IF. I) is a fixed overhanging bracket, mounted on one end of the base part a. c is a driving pulley, mounted loosely on a shaft 0 and clutched thereto or declutched therefrom by a clutch controlled by a weighted lever d. e is a worm on a shaft 0 while f, g, h and z' are four vertical spindles journaled in the bracket'b. j and 7c are spur gear wheels keyed to the spindle I while 1 is a spur wheel keyed to the spindle g. m is a spur wheel keyed to the spindle h and n a spur wheel keyed to the spindle i. The several wheels is, Z, m and n mesh as shown, and impart rotary motion to the spindle c, which at its lower end carries the bevel wheel 0 which latter meshes with a like wheel 0 on the spindle of the ironing roller 17. A further spur wheel 9 on a spindle g meshes with both the wheel Z and the wheel 70. The spindle g is journaled in the pivoted bracket 1', which is pivoted at r* and is acted upon by a spring 8 and link 5 to yieldingly hold the wheels l, k, and q in mesh. Carried by the bracket r is a block 1 with a curved and inclined face, see Fig. 3. Adjacent: to such block, and'keyed to the spindle 9 isa; conicalrollert with itswider end lowermost: and keyed to the spindles f and '9 are-the'rubberstyred rollers u, u. The spindle 9-, being carried by the pivotedbracketr,-is movable towards and away from the rollers u, u, around which passes-an endless belt v, the belt: also passing around" aconical jockeypulley'o carried by-a lever '0 and. acted-upon by aspring vandnut '0 totensionthebelt o. The belto and the lever v andspring o may be dispensed with, and

a sep arate rubber ring applied to each i of "the rollers u, u.

w is a-watertrough and-m m are dampen- 55 ingrollers. 3 is-a fixedU-shapedguide member overlying the dampening rollers, andz is. an inverted U-shaped'weightedguide member, both supported' 'in thefixed'ibraclret 2 and the weight member being provided with pins 2*, which projectinto the slots ofthe supporting bracket 2 On the-top edge" of the weighted guide member are vertical pins 2 for carrying; added weight members when required; In the lower edge of the" guide member y; is agap e fithrough which the. dampeningroll'erw projects;

In proceeding to treatasta-nd up collar," itis passed endwisei and top edge; downwards between the guide membery andweightmem I ber -z','the ,-lower edge'ofthe collar contacting with-the dampening roller m and being thereby dampened! The collar is pushed forwarduntil its forward end'passes' over the ironing roller p whenthe dampened edge becomes ironed and. given asmooth finish... Thecollar, after passing overthe ironing roller is caughtbetween the roller t and .the. rollers u, u, (see Fig... 31) ,which nipping, it, cause lt.t0 become curled longitudinally. On. leavingthe rollers thecollar meets -the block W over which it travelsuntil' clear of. the rollers, when itfalls down the inclined face of the machine base, top edge ironed and curled.

A sheet metal plate 23 is provided to close in the space into which the curled collars pass after leaving the curling rollers. Aremovable cover b is provided to enclose the 1 cal gear wheels and to protect same from dust, etc.

What I claim is 1. A stand-up collar edge-ironing and curling machine, comprising a base part with sloping floor, and an overhanging bracket at one end of said base part, a horizontal power shaft journaled in said bracket, and a vertical spindle also j ournaled in said bracket, a train of gear wheels intermediate of the power shaft and the vertical spindle, the first gear wheel receiving motion from the power shaft and the last wheel transmitting rotary motion to the vertical spindle, certain of the other gear wheels transmitting rotary motion to two further vertical spindles, a further and horizontal spindle adjacent to the lower end of the first-named vertical spindle, bevel gear Wheels for transmitting motion from said vertical spindle to the horizontal spindle, a peripherally grooved ironingroller on the horizontal spindle, and two further rollers on the lower ends of said further vertical spindles lying below the "said overhanging bracket, a lever pivoted on said overhanging bracket, and a conical curling roller journaled on a vertical pivot at one end of said lever, the narrower end of said further roller being uppermost, a rubber tyre for the other two of said rollers, and means for holding the three rollers normally in yielding contact, a stationary curved block adjacent the conical roller and carried by the same supporting lever, whereby the collars, after being curled,

;, are directed on to the said sloping floor of the machine base, as set forth.

2. In a machine as claimed in claim 1, a water-holding trough secured to one end of the machine base, a dampening'roller and means for axially supporting the roller above said trough, and a wheel within the trough for supplying waterto the dampening roller, a pair of channelshaped guides above the dampening roller and extending forwardly and rearwardly of said'roller, the lower guide being gapped at a point above the dampening roller, a slotted bracket carried by the water trough by which the guides are supported, the lower guide being fixed to the bracket and pivot pins on the upper guide slidably engaging the slot of the bracket, said guides extending to a point near to the ironing roller and being in line with the groove of said roller, andv the upper guide acting to press the collar to be ironed against the dampening roller and the ironing roller, as set forth.

' In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JOHN CHANT. 

